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- A. WOEBER.

FLYING TARGET. No. 262,265. Patented Aug. 8, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFtcE.

AMOS WOEBER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNO'R OF ONE-HALF TO VARWIG, OF SAME PLACE.

FLYING TARG ET.

SPECIFICATION forrning part of Letters Patent No. 262,265, dated August 8, 1882.

Application filed March 15, 1ss2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos WOEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of 5 Ohio,have invented certain new and useful In:-

provements in Explosive Flying Targets or Balls, of which the following is a specification. The object of this invention is to simplify and otherwise improve the construction ofthe IO peculiar form of explosive flying target seen in Letters Patent No. 225,621, granted to George Ligowsky and myself March 16, 1880. In the present case the target is composed of but a single shell of an approximately hemispherical form, and coated or otherwise internally charged with a fulminate or detonating compound that will he ignited when the target is punctured with shot, said shell having glued or cemented to its edge a pasteboard cap, the

annular rim of which, or a lateral projection therefrom, is grasped by the jaw or clamp of the trap or other throwing appliance. Furthermore, it is preferred to cut out the center of this cap, so as to dispose as much weight as possible at the rim of the shell, the opening thus formed being covered with a piece of paper or other thin and light material for the purpose of keeping the fulminate dry and preventing it being accidentally ignited, as here- 0 inafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved explosive target. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan 5 of a modification of the invention.

The shell A, which is approximately hemispherical in shape, is composed either of plasterof-paris, earthenware, or other suitable material, and is coated or otherwise furnished internally with afulminate ordetonating powder or composition, B, capable of emitting fire or smoke, or both,as soon as the ball is punctured with shot or similar projectiles. The edge of This cap is preferably made of pasteboard, although leather or a thin veneer of wood or other material may be used with equal advantage. Said cap may be a solid disk; but in the more complete form its center is cut out at E, thereby converting said cap into an annulus or ring, by which arrangement all the weight of the device is concentrated at the rim of the shell. Consequently a much more rapid axial rotation will be imparted to the target as soon as it is thrown from the trap, thereby insuring the utmost accuracy of flight. 69

The opening E of the cap is covered with a piece of paper or other light and thin material, F, capable of excluding moisture, &c., from the interior of the shell, and preventing accidental ignition ot' the fulminate.

As the cap D is of somewhat greater diameter than the fiangeG, it is evidentthat when the shell A is applied concentrically to said cap the latter will project some distance all the way around said shell; or, in other words, 70 this margin constitutes a tirm annular rim capable of being readily grasped by the clamp ofthe target-trap. Owing to this annular margin, the target can be instantly applied to the trap, and without being compelled to turn the 7 shell either to the right or left. This projecting rim may, however, be dispensed with, as seen in. Fig. 3, in which illustration the cap D is practically of the same diameter as the flange of the shell, said cap being furnished with a lateral lug or car, G, to engage with the trapclamp.

Whichever of these forms may be adopted, it is evident I dispense with one of the hemispherical shells seen in the patent alluded to herein, and also save the cost of the t'ulminate required for this extra shell. Therefore the principal cost of the explosive shell is reduced at least fifty per cent., and yet all the peculiar advantages of the same are retained. go

In some cases it may be desired to roughen or corrugatc the exterior of the shell, so as to prevent the shot glancing therefrom. Finally, the covering F may be perforated to admit air to the interior of the shell, and thereby insure 9 5 a more perfect combustion of the fulminate.

I claim as my in"ention- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in A dish-shaped flying target or shell propresence of two witnesses. vidcd with an internal fulininate and permanently secured to an annular cap, the opening AMOS VVOEBER. 5 of which is protected with a light cover, said annular cap serving as the means whereby Witnesses:

said target or shell is thrown from the trap, JAMES H. LAYMAN,

substantially as herein described. SAML. S. CARPENTER. 

